| 88501 | August 5 | Birth | 1962 – Ramsay Gilderdale, English actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 88502 | August 5 | Birth | 1962 – Otis Thorpe, American basketball player |
| 88503 | August 5 | Birth | 1963 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (d. 2010) |
| 88504 | August 5 | Birth | 1964 – Rory Morrison, English journalist (d. 2013) |
| 88505 | August 5 | Birth | 1964 – Zerrin Tekindor, Turkish actress and painter |
| 88506 | August 5 | Birth | 1964 – Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (Beastie Boys) (d. 2012) |
| 88507 | August 5 | Birth | 1965 – Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer (Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) |
| 88508 | August 5 | Birth | 1965 – Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer |
| 88509 | August 5 | Birth | 1965 – Scott William Winters, American actor |
| 88510 | August 5 | Birth | 1966 – Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer (L7 and The Shocker) |
| 88511 | August 5 | Birth | 1966 – Yoko Moriguchi, Japanese actress |
| 88512 | August 5 | Birth | 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer |
| 88513 | August 5 | Birth | 1967 – Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nada Surf) |
| 88514 | August 5 | Birth | 1967 – Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer and producer (stOrk and Vienna Art Orchestra) |
| 88515 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 88516 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Stephanie Flanders, English journalist and blogger |
| 88517 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host |
| 88518 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist |
| 88519 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician |
| 88520 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Oleh Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer and manager |
| 88521 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007) |
| 88522 | August 5 | Birth | 1968 – John Olerud, American baseball player |
| 88523 | August 5 | Birth | 1969 – Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician |
| 88524 | August 5 | Birth | 1969 – Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer |
| 88525 | August 5 | Birth | 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach |
| 88526 | August 5 | Birth | 1969 – Robert Scott, Australian rower |
| 88527 | August 5 | Birth | 1969 – Paola Volpato, Chilean actress |
| 88528 | August 5 | Birth | 1970 – James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 88529 | August 5 | Birth | 1970 – Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian giant (d. 2014) |
| 88530 | August 5 | Birth | 1971 – DJ Ajax, Australian DJ and producer (d. 2013) |